high-wire 的詞源
high-wire(n.)
"tightrope," 1895年,來自 high(形容詞)+ wire(名詞)。
I looked in at the Alhambra the other night, and found an excellent show, notably, a high-wire act by Mdlle. Virginia Aragon. A very handsome Spaniard with coal-black tresses, she does her work with great neatness. The best thing she does is to kneel on the wire, and, leaning forward, pick up with her teeth from between her knees, a handkerchief. Then she swings on the wire, balancing herself with one foot only. Altogether, she is the smartest wire-walker I've seen for many a day. Her sister, by the way, is a trapezist and figured at the Empire not long ago. [The Sketch, Nov. 27, 1895]
我最近在阿爾罕布拉宮看了一場精彩的表演,尤其是由弗吉尼亞·阿拉貢小姐表演的高空走鋼絲。她是一位非常漂亮的西班牙女子,黑髮披肩,表演非常整潔。她最厲害的表演是跪在鋼絲上,向前傾斜,用牙齒從膝蓋之間拾起手帕。然後她在鋼絲上搖擺,只用一隻腳保持平衡。總的來說,她是我見過的最聰明的走鋼絲者。順便說一句,她的姐姐是一名空中飛人,不久前在帝國劇院表演過。[《The Sketch》,1895年11月27日]
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